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Dogs: How Do They Perceive Time?

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Most people wonder if dogs sense the passage of time. They ask themselves this question, because they regret having to leave their dog all alone for so many hours. Here is what can be said about dogs being able to notice the passage of time. Every living being has its own way of perception of the passage of time. The changes of light, the passing of the seasons, the alternation between night and day make humans and dogs notice the time. However, it is difficult to say what knowledge other animals of “time” have. For humans there are already different meanings of time since ancient times. Even Einstein stressed how different the perception of time is according to the condition in which we are or with respect to what we refer to.

So how do dogs perceive time? Is their perception of it similar to humans? They are two different questions. For the second question, the answer is that each person perceives the passage of time in their own way. Then we must consider the fact that time exists only when we need to measure it. How do we determine if humans ‘ perception of the passage of time is the same or similar to that of dogs or vice versa? This is because we don’t know how our ability to perceive time works. It is influenced by our emotions and our physiological needs. Here is another important aspect that diversifies the perception of time between us and dogs. This is the time recorded through smells and smellof the dog . For us humans this is incomprehensible and impossible to do.

Here we can ask ourselves at this point how the dog perceives the fact that the owner leaves him alone for an hour. It shouldn’t be the time itself that worries us, but more like how the dog spends that time alone. If we leave him alone for a short time he may laze quietly, otherwise if he spends a few hours in complete solitude he may feel anxious. It is therefore better to worry about the serenity of our dogs and what they really need without asking ourselves how they perceive the passage of time. The knowledge of the passage of time is a subjective question from human to human, let alone when we compare human and animal!

  • How dogs perceive time (kodami.it)

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